Rex Lease
Acting
🎂 1903-02-11
From Wikipedia Rex Lloyd Lease (February 11, 1903 – January 3, 1966) was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in westerns. Lease arrived in Hollywood in 1924. He found bit and supporting parts at Film Booking Office (FBO), Rayart, more, and was given the opportunity to play a few leads. His first film was A Woman Who Sinned (1924). Rex's earliest westerns were a pair of Tim McCoy silents at MGM, one of which was The Law of the Range (1928) which had a very young Joan Crawford as the heroine and Rex as the "Solitaire Kid". Tim and Lease became friends, and over the next dozen or so years he appeared in seven more McCoy westerns. He had a featured role in director Frank Capra's The Younger Generation (1929), a tale of a Jewish family that move to a more upscale neighborhood. He successfully made the transition to talkies, and starred in melodramas, action flicks, old dark house mysteries, and comedies as well as a couple of western serials and about a dozen low-budget sagebrush yarns and outdoor adventures. In between lead roles, Lease did featured parts in some B westerns. He was Hoot Gibson's brother in Cavalcade of the West (1936); Rex played the "Pecos Kid" in McCoy's Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936); and he worked in a couple of Tom Tylers, Ridin' On (1936) and Fast Bullets (1936). Rex's finale as a star had him teaming up with Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. in The Silver Trail (1937). Though no longer afforded star billing, he continued in smaller roles into the 1950s in films and on TV.
Cast credits(159)
Poker Player #2
1957
Bartender
1952
Assayer
1955
Man at Mailbox (uncredited)
1957
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Plant Cafeteria Worker (uncredited)
1942
Clallan County Sheriff (uncredited)
1950
Collingswood
1945
Stranger (uncredited)
1947
Gold Strike Rider
1942
M.P. Lieutenant (uncredited)
1948
Policeman
1945
Garage Henchman
1940
Card Player (uncredited)
1946
Spectator (uncredited)
1942
Sgt. Makepeace
1946
Townsman (uncredited)
1942
Sergeant Blane (uncredited)
1956
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1940
German soldier
1942
Stage Driver
1950
Henchman Gregg
1941
1943
Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)
1953
Captain Matthews
1950
Deputy
1953
Mr. White (uncredited)
1957
Deputy Mike
1944
Tom
1926
Henchman
1943
Rex Lease
1943
Appleby's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1947
Coxswain
1943
Conductor
1948
Drunk (uncredited)
1942
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Gus Clute
1948
Rancher who finds dog
1952
Kit Cardigan / John C. Cardigan
1936
Sheriff
1952
Bain
1946
1952
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1945
Bert Thompson
1924
Father of Twins
1943
Lloyd Wilson
1934
Rancher Rex
1941
Richard Kennedy
1928
Old-Timer
1952
Personnel Manager
1943
Jack
1943
Evans
1939
Bill Bodie
1935
Ambulance Attendant
1939
Track Spectator (uncredited)
1938
Bert Lawler
1942
Martin Rider
1942
Officer (uncredited)
1948
Joe Brant
1950
Red's Henchman
1943
1944
Larry Evans
1936
Reporter
1938
Fake Drunk
1953
Bridge Henchman
1943
Bill Clinker
1946
Sheriff Wright (uncredited)
1945
Danny O'Neil
1936
Henchman
1943
Ted Clayton
1932
Townsman
1941
Henchman Buck
1940
Henchman Buck posing as Billy the Kid
1941
Clarence Walker
1925
Briggs (uncredited)
1946
Hank
1947
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1945
Soldier
1939
Miner Kendall
1944
Rance Harris
1942
Jerry
1936
Cal Reynolds
1930
Telegrapher
1939
Sheriff Ben Jeffers
1941
Colonel William B. Travis
1937
Peter Foley
1930
Corporal Daniels aka Tombstone Kid
1935
Jose Hernandez
1936
Smiley
1945
Kit Cardigan
1936
Cattleman at Meeting (uncredited)
1951
Jim Grant
1930
Eddie Lesser
1929
Sheriff Clay Mathews
1940
Dave
1935
Henchman Whitey
1945
(uncredited)
1942
Andy
1935
Hotel Clerk
1943
Allan Rhodes
1929
Masked Henchman
1941
1942
Dan Drury
1938
Spike Hudkins
1940
Preen Lazetti
1932
Solitaire Kid
1928
Randall
1946
Jeff
1941
Henchman
1950
Henchman Joe
1940
1944
Onlooker (uncredited)
1945
Jim Barry
1927
Army Sergeant
1946
Jimmy
1936
Interne
1938
Yellowstone
1950
Henchman Joe - Pete in Credits
1942
Marshal Jim Collins
1941
Joe Norsen
1936
Pierre Duval
1928
Stanley, Jane's Editor
1941
Jim Marsden
1940
Pete Grant
1945
Shorty
1942
Jim Halloran
1927
Henchman Luke
1941
Alan McArthur
1935
Joaquin Florenz
1935
Chet Randolf
1929
Sgt. Jenkins
1944
Tom
1931
Bob Davis
1950
Capt. Jim Parker
1949
Eddie Haskins
1930
Jim the Cheyenne Kid
1931
Asa Knox aka Ace Carter
1936
Zeke Larkin
1943
Walter Jameson
1936
Jim Bonner
1931
Jim Dolan
1930
Bob Crandall
1937
Henchman Ben Rankin
1942
Fake Marshall
1941
First Toll Collector Henchman
1942
Engineer Reynolds
1940
Billy Cooke
1928
Dave Kent
1930
Bill Brady
1927
"Kansas" Eby
1937
Ed -Henchman
1938
Bill
1928
Sergeant Jim Rodney
1956
The Spirit of the Bottle
1925
Fred Rand aka The Pecos Kid
1936
Jack Strong
1938
Steve Barton
1935
Bob Jones
1926